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Amphiett islands pottery trade and kula (1970)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter K Lauer.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

An ancient wind-powered iron smelting technology (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only G Juleff.

Archaeology, Cosmology and African Ritual Past. Perspectives from Yikpabongo, Koma Land, Northern Region, Ghana (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Kankpeyeng.

The legacies of the slave trade in northern Ghana recognized in the traditions/memories of peoples of the area include vanished communities within vast territories today represented by archaeological assemblages. These archaeological regions suffered from raids resulting in the enslavement or dispersal of the inhabitants. Koma Land is located within such an archaeological region and contains unique mounds with insightful information for understanding the cosmological beliefs of the populations...

Bemerkungen zur Konstruktion und Terminologie der Hausformen auf Neu-Irian und Nebeninseln (1965)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Herbert Tischner.

Bow and arrow census in a West Papuan lowland community: a new field for functional-ecological study (1975)

DOCUMENT Citation Only H Watanabe.

Canoe making among the Molima of Fergusson Island (1960)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ann Chowning.

Changing patterns of pottery trade to the Trobriand islands (1971)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter K Lauer.

Das Töpferhandwerk der Kwoma in Nord-Neuguinea: Beiträge zur Systematik primärer Töpfereiverfahren (1972)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christian Kaufmann.

De bergpapoea's van Nieuw-Guinea en hun woongebied, Vol 1 (1948)

DOCUMENT Citation Only C C F M le Roux.

Der Hausbau in Me'udana, Normanby Island (1967)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Erhard Schlesier.

Developing Photo Metadata (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

This handout, "Developing Photo Metadata," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. The focus of this guide is on creating metadata for photographic collections. While there are many metadata categories that can be included in describing photographic collections, choices about which ones to include in a metadata template must be made. Metadata categories you record should anticipate your needs and those of future users of a...

Die Technik der Töpfer in Sri Lanka (1977)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Josef Riederer.

Digital Data Management Plan Workflow (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachel Fernandez.

This handout, "IAfF Digital Data Management Plan Workflow," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide leads you through prompted sections to create a preliminary digital data management plan that can be used for any project that produces digital data.

The effects of scavengers on bone material from a large mammal: an experiment conducted among the Bisa of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia (1974)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Diana C Crader.

Ethno-archaeology in New Guinea: two examples (1967)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter J White.

The excavation of mud structures: an experiment from West Africa (1977)

DOCUMENT Citation Only R J Mcintosh.

File Format Cheat Sheet (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "File Format Cheat Sheet," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide describes access and archival file formats that are required when creating digital objects. A table of recommended archival and access formats for various media types are included.

Godawaya - the earliest shipwreck found in the Asia-Pacific region (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wijamunige Chandraratne.

The Maritime Archaeology Unit of Sri Lanka first discovered this wooden wreck in 2008. The site is resting at a depth of 35 meters, close to the ancient Godawaya port in Southern Sri Lanka. Field research has been conducted to investigate and record the site. According to the recent analysis of this wooden wreck, it dates back to the 1st century AD, and it is considered as the oldest underwater archaeological site in the Asia-Pacific region. It is a unique shipwreck with no known parallels, and...

Grounded in the Past, Looking Forward: Reflections on Archaeological Practice in the New Millennium (2016)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

The plenary theme asks us to reflect on the question “what pasts for Africa?” This is a very big question, with many possible responses. The ones that I sketch are shaped by my position as a graying, North American-based scholar, where archaeology is practiced as a subfield of anthropology and a discipline among the social sciences. This location has substantially shaped my approach to our field, in terms of the questions that intrigue me, the combination of ‘science’ and ‘art’ through which my...

How to Organize and Scan Photographic Collections (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

This handout, "How to Organize and Scan Photographic Collections," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. When working with photographic collections, it may come to you as a set of prints, negatives or slides. This handout provides a brief background on each medium and provides a recommended workflow for working with photographic collections. Helpful resources and practice questions are also included.

James Schoenwetter Pollen Research Papers

PROJECT Uploaded by: Mary Whelan

James Schoenwetter (Ph.D. Southern Illinois 1967) was a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. His research interests included prehistoric cultural ecology, applications of pollen analysis in archaeology and research methodology. Before his retirement in 2000 he directed the ASU Anthropology Department’s palynology lab. Pollen research by Schoenwetter and his students involved a variety of sites in Mesoamerica, North America and Europe. He directed archaeological and botanical...

Keeping your temper under control: materials and the manufacture of Papuan pottery (1976)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Owen S Rye.

Makapansgat and Buffalo Cave Palynology: A Brief Assessment of Studies During Spring, 1999 (1999)

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter. Loren A. LeForce.

Research initiated at the inception of the Spring 1999 semester by Mrs. Loren A.LeForce under my supervision, focused on recovery of pollen from samples collected at “the limeworks” fossil locality at Makapansgat and the Buffalo Cave locality, South Africa. The objective was assessment of the samples’ potential to provide sufficient pollen for meaningful analysis of paleoecosystem conditions, and identification of palynological contrasts amongst samples from the same locality and between...

Making Digital Copies of Photographic Prints (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Making Digital Copies of Photographic Prints," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide walks you through the process of digitizing photographic prints from properly setting the scanner to creating archival and access copies. Best practices for file naming conventions and batch processing are also discussed.

Maschenstoffe und ihre gesellschaftliche Funktion am Beispiel der Kwoma von Papua Neuguinea (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christian Kaufmann.